New Potteries paint booth helping First Bus livery transition
Transition of First Bus vehicles to a fleet-wide purple and grey livery is being helped by the recent installation of…
Evidence on Border Force clandestine entrants approach sought
The Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) has opened a call for evidence (CfE) on the Border Force…
DVSA tough line on PSVAR medium-term exemption compliance
DVSA is taking a hard line on compliance with the PSVAR medium-term exemption (MTE) mechanism by operators using such special…
Archway Travel enters bus service work with nine-strong new fleet
Fylde operator Archway Travel has taken delivery of nine new Alexander Dennis Enviro200 single-decker buses and a single used example…
Klarners Coaches and Tendring Travel are latest to join REL Capital
Coach industry investor REL Capital has completed further operator purchases with deals for Essex businesses Klarners Coaches and Tendring Travel.…
EU Entry/Exit System set to go live on 10 November
The Schengen area Entry/Exit System (EES) for non-EU nationals will go live on 10 November as predicted, Commissioner for Home…
Journey modelling and shared chargers ‘key to electric coaches’
Journey modelling tools and suitably located, shared and robust charging infrastructure are both needed for SME operators to have confidence…
Budget cuts justify cap on school contract bids, council claims
A local authority in Wales has defended its decision to introduce a price cap to its school contract tendering process…
BSIP lower fares scheme ‘could end early’ as victim of own success
A lower fares scheme in North Staffordshire that is a fruit of Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) revenue funding allocated…
Rising insurance costs inside M25 ‘stifling small operators’ growth’
Rising insurance costs for coaches and minicoaches based within the M25 are constraining the ability of small operators there to…
